Variflex: Natas

This is an odd one. The image on the sticker is drawn from a famous photo of Natas Kaupas in Thrasher Magazine, but the sticker was used as a tag on some cheap Variflex-branded shoes. It was probably a license situation where the art was not overseen by anyone at Variflex and the illustrator was not familiar with the industry, and given a couple issues of Thrasher to sift through for inspiration. It was not  unheard of  for well known images of professional skateboarders to appear as vague illustrations on products that the pro was not affiliated with.